Maccabees, first book of, written in Hebrew, [16].

Machuza, city in Babylonia, [506] f.
seat of a school, [584].
decline, [593].

Magi of the Neo-Persians, attitude toward the Jews, [627] f.

Malich poisons Antipater, father of Herod, [80].

Malo, Apollonius, calumniator of the Jews, [178] ff.

Manicheans, [627].

Mar bar-Ashi, principal of the school of Sora, completes the compilation of the Talmud, [628].

Mar-Sheshet, [553] f.

Mar-Zutra, [606].

Marcus Aurelius, [447].
attitude toward the Christians, [449].
averse to the Jews, [463].
permits the Jews to enter Jerusalem, [458].